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Iconic Cape Cod Massachusetts is named after the Atlantic Cod. For centuries, this fish has provided food and trade for New Englanders. In this time, there have been several instances of overfishing by humans from the aboriginal era to colonial times but none so drastic as the present conditions of cod fisheries (Jackson, Kirby, Berger, and Bjorndal, 2001). Overfishing is a human induced occurrence where humans are fishing more than a body of water can sustain. In other words, humans are catching

selling them for profit” (Webster Dictionary). Atlantic Cod used to be considered as one of the richest fisheries in the world. Atlantic Cod, scientifically known as,Gadus morhua, are heavily bodied, blunt snouted fish that are typically brown or grayish in color with a series of spots located on their bodies along with a pale lateral line. This species of fish have a schooling behavior when feeding but remain isolated when traveling. The Atlantic Cod once densely populated the waters of the Atlantic ocean

Save the Cod, Save the Fishing Industry Dating back to the 1600s, Cod fishing has been a major industry in the New England area, with a 5 feet long “Sacred Cod” hanging inside the Massachusetts State House signifying its importance. However, fishermen are now facing an unprecedented low stock of Atlantic cod in the Gulf of Maine, directly impacting marine ecosystem as well as the annual cod landing. In November 2014, regulators from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were

| Assignment 2 | The Atlantic Cod Fishery Collapse | | Student Name: Jessica Sativi Meng Houy, Student Number: 062-827-092 | 7/11/2013 | | I. THE MAIN FACTORS LED TO THE COLLAPSE When the words spread about the large size of fishery, fleets from all over the world joined the hunt. Every year, the size of the fleets got bigger and every year, the size of the catch increased. In the late 50s the arrival of large factor ships from other countries hailed the first onslaught to

This paper takes a closer look at spawning behavior of Atlantic cod, and explores a new way of monitoring presence or absence of spawning cod at a particular site. Male cod are known to emit low-frequency grunts while spawning and courtship, and this study deployed a marine autonomous recording unit capable of recording these grunts in a known cod spawning ground during the spring spawning season. The MAR unit was deployed in Spring Cod Conservation Zone in Massachusetts from April through June Cohen

translate into thoughts on the environment, and how to sustain the fish. It turned into full-blown overfishing to the point “…that the spawning biomass of Atlantic cod off Newfoundland’s east coast had declined by 99 percent since the 1960s’’ (Davis, 2014, p. 123). This means that knowledge in a sense, isn’t power when it comes to the cod fishery industry in Newfoundland. The knowledge that people obtained colluded with the commons, and people acted in their own self-interest. Conclusively, when one

Tragedy in the North Atlantic: Stopping Cod Stock Depletion Daniel Vaysburd ENGR 183EW – Discussion 1H • Add in-text citations U.S. fishermen have been harvesting Atlantic cod since the 17th century; in fact, cod was one of the most lucrative products traded during colonial times. Unfortunately, due to high fishing pressure during the past couple of decades, U.S. stocks of Atlantic cod came close to a commercial collapse in the mid-1990s, so a major effort to rebuild these stocks was implemented

COD Before reading the book “Cod, the fish that changed the world’, one might think by just looking at the tittle, “how could it be possible for a single fish to have actually affected everything that has happened in our world?”. However, it actually happened and we, as humans, have to recognize the importance of this particular type of fish, as the one who let us survive throughout our most difficult times on Earth. This fish didn’t just affect us culturally, but also economically. Cod had an important

The Tragedy of the North Atlantic Cod Fisheries In the 1600s, due to the abundance of cod fish in the North Atlantic waters, commercial cod fisheries became one of the foundations of the New England economy (Seelye& Bidgood, 2013). However, as people increasingly relied on fisheries to make lucrative profits, the cod fish population plummeted and the whole business reached its first collapse in the mid 1990s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA 2014). Since then, government

Karen Minster Rebecca Medley ENG-123 June 14, 2015 Cape Cod’s Housing Crisis Cape Cod is plagued by an economic dilemma: young people, especially young families can not afford to live here. From 2000 to 2010, Cape Cod experienced an exodus of 27% of those between the ages of 25 and 44. One of the major factors in this outmigration is the lack of affordable housing. Affordable housing is defined as a specific, measurable ratio of income-to- housing expense. They are homes made available specifically